Geographic variation of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) airborne mother-pup vocalisations

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1373-1380

  Collins, K T ^a,c   Terhune, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Contact' call; Geographic variation; Leptonychotes weddellii; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PINNIPED; VOCALIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; VESTFOLD HILLS;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 34548532995     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0297-8     Document Type: Article

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